Maya Plug-in

February 9, 2011

For Advanced Topics in Computer Graphics and Animation, I will work on a Maya plug-in called 2to3 based on two SIGGRAPH papers from 2010: 3D Modeling with Silhouettes and 2.5D Cartoon Models, both written by Alec Rivers, Takeo Igarashi, and Frédo Durand. This plug-in takes in front, side, and top 2D views of a character or object, and creates 2.5D and 3D models. The goal of this plug-in is to enable artists and modelers to create initial sketches and models quickly. Using this tool, they can see what their character will look like from different angles without making extra sketches and what their character will look like in 3D. I will be working on the 2.5D part of the plug-in.